jou
Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- djou (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Dutch jou. Also related to English you.
Pronoun
[edit]jou (subject jy)
- you (singular, object)
See also
[edit]subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 2
[edit]Determiner
[edit]jou
- your (singular)
- 2016, “In Jou Atmosfeer”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?[1], performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:
- In jou atmosfeer.
- In your atmosphere.
See also
[edit]subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Baltic Romani
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou (third person masculine singular, nominative case)
- (Litovska) he
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | reflexive | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||
m | f | ||||||||
Nominative | mē | tu | jou | joj | amē | tumē | jonē | - | |
Accusative/ Independent Oblique |
man | tut | lēs | la | amēn | tumēn | lēn | pes | |
Dative | mange | tuke | lēske | lake | amēnge | tumēnge | lēnge | pēske | |
Ablative [1] | mandyr | tutyr | lēstyr | latyr | amēndyr | tumēndyr | lēndyr | pēstyr | |
Genitive | m | miro | tyro | lēskiro | lakiro | amaro | tumaro | lēngiro | pēskiro |
f | miri | tyri | lēskiri | lakiri | amari | tumari | lēngiri | pēskiri | |
pl | mirē | tyrē | lēskirē | lakirē | amarē | tumarē | lēngirē | pēskirē | |
Locative | mandē | tutē | lēstē | latē | amēndē | tumēndē | lēndē | pēstē | |
Instrumental | mansa | tusa | lēsa | lasa | amēnca | tumēnca | lēnsa | pēsa | |
Enclitic Reflexive | man | pe | pe | amēn | pe | pe | - |
- ^ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan jou, from Latin iugum (compare Occitan jo, French joug, Spanish yugo), from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jou m (plural jous)
- (agriculture, also figuratively) yoke
- col (between mountains)
- (nautical) transom (type of structural beam)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “jou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “jou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “jou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Champenois
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Rémois) dour
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French jor, from Late Latin diurnum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jou m (plural jous)
- (Troyen) day
References
[edit]- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[3] (in French), Troyes
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou
- objective form of jij (“you (singular)”): you
- Ik zal dit wel even doen voor jou. ― I'll do this for you.
- Kan ik jou iets vragen?
- Can I ask you something?
- Ik geef jou mijn boek om te lezen.
- I'm giving you my book to read.
- Zij heeft een cadeau voor jou gekocht.
- She bought a gift for you.
- Misspelling of jouw (“your”).
Usage notes
[edit]In informal language, mostly replaced by the unstressed form je, with the form jou used for emphasis or contrast.
- Hoe gaat het met je? — Goed. En met jou?
- How are you? — I'm good. What about you?
- Heb je zijn telefoonnummer voor me? — Dat mag ik je eigenlijk niet geven, maar voor jou maak ik graag een uitzondering.
- Could you give me his phone number? — I'm not really supposed to give it out to you, but for you I'll gladly make an exception.
Declension
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Verb
[edit]jou
- inflection of jouen:
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]jou (slang)
- yo (greeting)
Anagrams
[edit]Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jou
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]jou
Kalo Finnish Romani
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou
References
[edit]- “jou” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Mbyá Guaraní
[edit]Verb
[edit]jou
Conjugation
[edit]Old French
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou
- Alternative form of je
Romansch
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou (Sutsilvan)
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Frisian jūwe, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognates include West Frisian jim and German euer.
Determiner
[edit]jou (predicative jouens)
See also
[edit]Possessive determiners | |||||||||
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singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | min | din | sin | hiere | sin | uus | jou | hiere | |
other | mien | dien | sien | sien | |||||
Possessive pronouns | |||||||||
singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | minnen | dinnen | sinnen | hierens | sinnen | uzen | jouens | hierens | |
other | mienen | dienen | sienen | sienen |
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Frisian jō, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognates include West Frisian jo and German euch.
Pronoun
[edit]jou
See also
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jou
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “jou”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Ternate
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jou
- Alternative spelling of joou (“lord”)
References
[edit]- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Toba Batak
[edit]Verb
[edit]jou (active manjou)
- (transitive) to call
References
[edit]West Frisian
[edit]Verb
[edit]jou
- first-person singular present of jaan (to give)
- imperative of jaan (to give)
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